Alexander the Great (Paperback, Tie-in with Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER)

Alexander could be said to have pioneered the blitzkrieg form of warfare thousands of years before Hitler came along. While still in his twenties he led vast armies on a sweep of the East, conquering one nation after another and leaving new cities to his glory wherever he went. All that is documented history, but in this updated version of a book first published in 1973, Fox looks behind the ancient accounts and sets out to find what kind of a person Alexander really was. Some of his conclusions are startling. Once seen with a human face, the fixated warrior assumes a new persona that is sometimes scary, sometimes winning. Fox also looks at the people behind Alexander, including his mother whom, he conjectures, may have conspired to have her husband murdered. The book is erudite and finely detailed, peeling back centuries of history to show one of the truly epic figures in a bold new light.(Kirkus UK)

Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. His achievements were unparalleled - he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. The myth he created is as potent today as it was in the ancient world. Robin Lane Fox's superb account searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Combining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, it brings this colossal figure vividly to life.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	November 1997
Authors:	Robin Lane Fox
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	568
Edition:	Tie-in with Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-102076-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-14-102076-8
Barcode:	9780141020761

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